Sometimes I just like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I write Sometimes it's hard enough dealin' with real life Sometimes I jump on stage and just kill mics And these people what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just life ain't right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, drawin a blank Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I clam up I just slam shut I just can't do it, my manhood's Just been stripped, I have just vicked So I must get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the home World on my as I run back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really just matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin momma I'm grown, I must travel alone gon' follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm these train tracks, tryin' to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the crap To the same plant, and the same to chase rap, gotta move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor baby sister, she don't understand in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just colors the crayon gets dull in her hand While she colors her big brother and and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her little Wish I could be the daddy that one of us had But I keep runnin' from I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, cause I blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I grow me two nuts yet gotta rep my step, don't got enough pep The pressure's too man, I'm just tryin' to do what's best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I tell no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't pray to the sky, please I'm you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can hear me homey you are Yo I'm tellin' you I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, baby sister goodbye Say whenever you need me baby, I'm too far But yo I gotta get out there, the only way I And I'mma be for you, the second that I blow On I own, I'll make it on my own Off to work I go, back to this 8 Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to really just matters into my own hands Once I'm these tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city different, it's a certain significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's to me, it's my credibility You never seen heard or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the same as me But yet I'm still unsigned, a rough time Sit on the porch all my friends and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to bust my must I go, who must I know Or am I another crab in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this Rabbit foot so fuck it Maybe I need a new outlet, I'm startin to shit I'm feelin' a skeptical who I hang out with I like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation tryin to salvage an outfit And cold, tryin' to travel this road Plus I feel like I'm on stuck in battlin mode My are so up, but one thing I don't want Is pity from no one, the is no fun is no sun, and it's so dark Sometimes I like I'm just bein' pulled apart each one of my limbs, by each one of my friends It's enough to just make me wanna jump out of my Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not I'm doin I just blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the kettle so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass I don't got But I've learned, it's for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one time for me to get no fallin' no next time I meet a new girl I can no longer stupid or be immature I got ingredient, all I need is the courage Like I got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, it's a surge Suddenly a new burst of has occurred to show these free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a Then I turn and over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur from 8 Mile
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to really take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never look (8 Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile